The F-14 Tomcat was fitted with a powerful weapons system known as the AWG-9 which was able to support the AIM-54 Phoenix that provided an unprecedented one-hundred mile range

Called One Of A Kind and made by Grumman to promote the F-14 fighter program, the cool video in this post shows how the mighty Tomcat could operate alone in tactical conditions, with its cutting edge Phoenix missile weapon system.

The legendary Grumman F-14 is perhaps the most widely recognized Navy fighter thanks to her starring role in Top Gun. The Tomcat was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.

It was a failed attempt at standardization that resulted in the design of what is possibly the most famous fighter of the modern era.

The result was a design marvel featuring a unique variable sweep wing, the F-14 Tomcat.

Despite the fact that the F-14 was a formidable dogfighter, what made the Tomcat unique was fleet air defense role. To accomplish this mission the aircraft was fitted with a powerful weapons system known as the AWG-9 which was able to support the AIM-54 Phoenix that provided an unprecedented one-hundred mile range and included a small onboard radar to guide itself to the target during the final phase of flight.